The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel MannDirector
- Robert Alan AurthurScreenplay
- Quincy JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sidney PoitierJack Parks
- Abbey LincolnIvy Moore
- Beau BridgesTim Austin
- Nan MartinDoris Austin
- Lauri PetersGena Austin
- Carroll O'ConnorFrank Austin
- Leon BibbBilly Talbot
- Hugh HurdJerry
- Lon SattonHarry
- Stanley GreeneEddie
- Paul HarrisDealer
- Tony MajorDealer
Stills
Themes
gamblingromancedinner dateblack lovehappy ending